A pilot study on the effects of low frequency repetitive transcranial magnetic stimulation on lower extremity spasticity and motor neuron excitability in patients after stroke

Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 616-623

  Naghdi, Soofia ^a   Ansari, Noureddin Nakhostin ^a   Rastgoo, Maryam ^a   Forogh, Bijan ^b   Jalaie, Shohreh ^a   Olyaei, Gholamreza ^a  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b IRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Function; H reflex; RTMS; Spasticity; Stroke; Therapy

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; DISEASE SEVERITY; EVOKED MUSCLE RESPONSE; FEMALE; HOFFMANN REFLEX; HUMAN; MALE; MODIFIED MODIFIED ASHWORTH SCALE; MOTONEURON; MOTOR COORDINATION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; NERVE CELL EXCITABILITY; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE ASSESSMENT; PILOT STUDY; SPASTICITY; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION; TREATMENT DURATION; WALKING; COMPLICATION; LOWER LIMB; MIDDLE AGED; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PHYSIOLOGY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PROCEDURES;

ADULT; AGED; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOWER EXTREMITY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOTOR NEURONS; MUSCLE SPASTICITY; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; PILOT PROJECTS; STROKE; TRANSCRANIAL MAGNETIC STIMULATION;

EID: 84947768264     PISSN: 13608592     EISSN: 15329283     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jbmt.2014.10.001     Document Type: Article

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